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Last year and recently our baby chicks were from a local feed store. We ordered from McMurray 2 summers ago before it got to hot. We ordered the minimum (15) and all chickens were healthy on arrival. We ordered Easter Eggers because I love the eggs colors and they are very sweet. We have...

I have an indoor cat and dogs. The cat was inquisitive with my first set of babies. All it took was one of the chicks to peck the cat's nose to make her realize she shouldn't mess with them. The oldest dog treats the babies like they are her babies and is protective of them. I have brooded 4...

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Welcome to BYC! My husband is an Army vet and hates when I say this....Thank You for your service. It sounds like you are on the right track by planning ahead. We have 3 dogs that pretty big. There is only 1 we can't trust around the chickens. The German shepherd and the mutt treat the chickens...

I know I already responded to this post. We bought our first chickens from TS. We believed we were getting 2 EE and 2 Orpingtons. The 2 EE were amazing. The Orpingtons we're actually broilers and lived past there actual life expectancy. But because they were so obese the have a pretty bad death...

I am sorry we ordered all pullets I forgot.

I ordered my last batch from McMurray. I am very impressed. All my chicks made it through the transportation process. I went with 1 breed because that's what I wanted. I did order all straight runs and ended up with 2 roosters which sort of sucks. We already have a rooster so now I am stuck with...

Aww what was wrong with her?

Sorry this is what I was trying to post

Look what one of mine laid

The reason for the fluoroscein would be to see if it's bacterial, viral, or fungal.

Here is a picture of her splint.

We purchased 16 easter eggers or Americanas and one had curved toes on one foot. During the first 2 weeks of her life we splinted it but we would find that the bandage was picked at or pulled off. We purchased them in September and all hens are thriving and have acclimated to being moved in the...

Did you post a picture and I missed it? Do you have any fluorescein strips and saline?

These blue and green eggs are from my EEs. I absolutely love my EEs. I just bought 15 more :celebrate and just integrated them into the big coop. They haven't started laying yet. I am anxious about what pretty colors I will get.